Farmland Atlas · county record

LaGrange County, Indiana

LaGrange County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $159 an acre (2026); land and buildings $14,455 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 142.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18087. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$159/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 11th lowest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$274/ac
2026 county average
IN median $276 · 7th lowest of 14
Land and buildings
$14,455/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · highest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
142.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 173.7 · irrigated and dryland combined
IN median 178.1 · lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.79
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 32nd lowest of 92
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 11th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$114$159 dry$198$274 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$159/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+13.6%nominal, $140 to $159
Irrigated, 2026$274/ac
Pasture, 2026$124/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$14,455/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,448/ac
Census 2017$9,249/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+56.3%+9.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 30% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024116.0182.4157.0median 142.8

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025142.8 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025173.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 96.7 bu/ac68% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.2 bu/ac a year±1.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.052.190.071.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$1.79
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.28claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.59$38.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 23
Worst year2008ratio 2.19
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025area plans 72% · other 12% · heat and drought 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025160

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202557 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200016 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.5 °F1991–2020 normal 61.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.21 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202230%
Drained by tile, 202223% of cropland30,598 ac
Farmed no-till, 202232% of cropland43,683 ac
Cover crops, 202225% of cropland33,390 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211273,813772

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 2025772 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028164 ac21% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$146/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202249,325−16.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
LaGrange County$159$274$14,455142.8$1.79
Elkhart County$230$307$11,769173.2$2.15
Noble County$190$233$9,064169.8$1.64
Steuben County$153—$8,158150.0$3.55
Branch County, MI$133$190$5,315157.9$4.00
St. Joseph County, MI$131$321$7,367142.7$1.90
Median next door$153$270$8,158157.9$2.15

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

Cite this page

AGSIST Farmland Atlas. LaGrange County, Indiana. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/indiana/lagrange-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.

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